Method for performing in vivo dosimetry
First Claim
1. Method for enabling quantification of dose delivery in radiotherapy treatment, characterised in that it comprises the steps of irradiation of a phantom, measurement in said phantom, collecting information regarding the irradiation by information means arranged between the phantom and the radiation source, wherein said measurements are divided in time-intervals, and analysing the measurements for obtaining information regarding the relationship between the measurements in the phantom and the information between the phantom and the treatment source at each time-interval, which relationship information is to be used as verification of, the treatment of the patient.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method enabling quantification of dose delivery in radiotherapy treatment during patient-specific treatment of the patient utilising measurements in predefined time-intervals with information means positioned in the radiation beam, between the patient and the source and converting the readings to corresponding measures in a phantom. The invention additionally covers the method to obtain the said calibration factors for the detectors. The said calibration factors are obtained for each information means, field and said definable time-interval simultaneously irradiating the information means and said phantom including detectors to measure the absorbed dose using the said patient-specific treatment without patient.
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1. Method for enabling quantification of dose delivery in radiotherapy treatment, characterised in that it comprises the steps of
irradiation of a phantom, measurement in said phantom, collecting information regarding the irradiation by information means arranged between the phantom and the radiation source, wherein said measurements are divided in time-intervals, and analysing the measurements for obtaining information regarding the relationship between the measurements in the phantom and the information between the phantom and the treatment source at each time-interval, which relationship information is to be used as verification of, the treatment of the patient.
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24. Method according to any proceeding claims, characterised in using the dose distribution in a patient at one treatment fraction or accumulated for several treatment fractions, where the dose distribution is obtained by calculations using measurement of the patient anatomy and delivered dose, to modify the subsequent treatments due to previous treatments in order to adapt the intended dose distribution.
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